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- Title
Ventricular Septal Defect from Takotsubo Syndrome.
- Authors
Lu, Daniel Y.; Caplow, Julie; Quatromoni, Neha; Forde-McLean, Rhondalyn; Owens, Anjali Tiku
- Abstract
Takotsubo Syndrome is a transient condition characterized by left ventricular systolic dysfunction with apical akinesis/dyskinesis and ballooning. Although the prognosis with medical management is excellent in most cases, rare cases of serious complications can occur. We present here a case of a 71-year-old woman presenting with acute decompensated heart failure with initial findings consistent with a myocardial infarction, who was found instead to have an acute ventricular septal defect as a complication of Takotsubo Syndrome.
- Subjects
DISEASES in older women; MYOCARDIAL infarction diagnosis; HEART failure patients; TAKOTSUBO cardiomyopathy; PROGNOSIS
- Publication
Case Reports in Cardiology, 2016, p1
- ISSN
2090-6404
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1155/2016/2693062